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Addiction’s truth revealed: a gripping journey challenging everything.

Chasing the Scream

The First and Last Days of the War on Drugs – 10th Anniversary Edition

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    416 pages

  • Release Date

    29 April 2025

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Summary

10th ANNIVERSARY EDITION - WITH AN UPDATED AFTERWORD BY THE AUTHOR

THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

‘Screamingly addictive’ STEPHEN FRY ‘Superb … Thrilling story-telling’ NAOMI KLEIN ‘A powerful contribution to an urgent debate’ GUARDIAN

What if everything we’ve been told about addiction is wrong? One of Johann Hari’s earliest memories is of trying to wake up one of his relatives and not being able to. As he grew older, …

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781526684011
ISBN-10:1526684012
Author:Johann Hari
Publisher:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:416
Release Date:29 April 2025
Weight:300g
Dimensions:26mm x 128mm x 196mm
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Chasing the Scream by Johann Hari - ISBN: 9781526684011
128 × 196 mm
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What They're Saying

Critics Review

Screamingly addictive. The story it tells, jaw-droppingly horrific, hilarious and incredible, is one everyone should know – Stephen Fry
Superb journalism and thrilling story-telling – Naomi Klein
A wonderful book … I hope everyone will read it – Sam Harris
An absolutely stunning book. It will blow your mind, and blow you away – Elton John
Wonderful. I couldn’t put it down * Noam Chomsky *
One of the world’s most important and most enlightening thinkers and social critics – Glenn Greenwald, winner of the Pulitzer Prize
Breathtaking … A powerful contribution to an urgent debate * Guardian *
Incredibly powerful – Caroline Lucas
A testament to Hari’s skill as a writer * New York Times *
Incredibly entertaining. It’s enormously emotionally affecting … It really is an extraordinary book – Vanessa Feltz * BBC London *
Gripping * Financial Times *
Amazing and bracing and smart. It’s really revolutionary – Dan Savage

About The Author

Johann Hari

JOHANN HARI is an internationally bestselling author. His first book, Chasing the Scream, was a New York Times bestseller and is being adapted into a Hollywood feature film. His second book, Lost Connections, was a Sunday Times and New York Times bestseller. He has written for the New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, Le Monde and others, and he was twice named Newspaper Journalist of the Year by Amnesty International. His TED Talk, ‘Everything You Think You Know About Addiction Is Wrong’, and the animation based on it, have had more than twenty million views. His books have been translated into eighteen languages.

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